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Use on Linux?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359804
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359804Sounds cool. I'm gonna try it on my older laptop that runs Windows- hope it has wireless drivers. I'm a little disappointed that it is only distributed as a Windows executable. Does anyone know if they have any plans to create a means of installing this on a system that only has Linux, or some other alternative operating system on it? Or even for that matter, to install it as the only operating system on an otherwise empty machine.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:20:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (red_devel)CommentsSleep/Hibernatehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?359805
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359805I donât understand the obsession with this stuff. Bringing a system out of sleep takes ~2 secondsâ"and coming out of hibernation takes ~15 seconds. If you are still performing complete startups and shutdowns of your systems regularly you need to get your head checked.Edited 2009-04-22 03:22 UTCWed, 22 Apr 2009 03:21:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Bink)CommentsRE: Sleep/Hibernatehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?359806
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359806

I donât understand the obsession with this stuff. Bringing a system out of sleep takes ~2 secondsâ"and coming out of hibernation takes ~15 seconds.

Or they can just suspend the system with their browser already opened and voila.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:58:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Quake)CommentsRE[2]: Sleep/Hibernatehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?359816
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359816PC, yes. But Macbook, no.

I purchased my Macbook in December, and haven't turned it off once since. Just close the lid, it conusmes little power, snap it open and work immediately.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:57:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Dolphin)CommentsRE[3]: Sleep/Hibernatehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?359818
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359818Why not with PCs? You can put most PCs to sleep and wake them up just as fast as a Macbook.
Now, if you're speaking specifically of Windows... that can be another matter entirely, especially if you have a buggy ACPI bios and/or a driver that doesn't get along with standby. This could be particularly nasty in XP, but seems to be pretty much cleared up in Win 7 and even Vista pretty much got this part right. Wow, I think that's the first time I've ever actually found something that Vista did better than XP, from an end-user's standpoint at least.
I must say, this is one area in which the new Ubuntu seriously impresses me. I've got it installed on my Macbook here. It sleeps as fast as OS X and wakes up just as fast. First time I've ever seen suspend/resume and hibernate work reliably out of the box with any Linux distro I've ever tried. Gonna be really nice on my new Asus eee 1000HE I'll be receiving in a week or so.
Anyway... I'm rambling. My point was that OS X isn't the only system capable of instant suspend and resume, as most PCs are also capable of this. Even Win95 could do it, though you had to get very lucky in your hardware configuration for that to work.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:27:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (darknexus)CommentsRE: Sleep/Hibernatehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?359819
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359819Agreed, 100%. The only time I ever end up restarting my computers anymore is to apply a system update that requires it, or if the system actually locks up (quite rare these days), especially with Ubuntu and OS X.
Perhaps all OEMs should simply configure the power button to sleep or hibernate by default? How much you want to bet the end users would think that was a brand new technology if they did, instead of something simple that has been there for years?Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:33:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (darknexus)CommentsXandros...?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359820
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359820Hmm, after seeing their os on the eee pc...
I don't think so, thank you very much.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:34:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (darknexus)CommentsRE: Sleep/Hibernatehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?359828
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359828Putting your computer in sleep mode consumes far more energy than switching it off as it has to keep memory state.

I never understood what the problem is with getting a coffee when you boot. It does not make sense to always leave your computer on to save 15 seconds.

Money savings are considerable for a medium to large office over a year...Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:49:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Wondercool)CommentsRE: Xandros...?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359831
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359831Ditto. I immediately thought "Xandros? No thanks". Buggy, insecure crap and probably ships with Firefox 2.0, never to be updated.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:18:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Kroc)CommentsRE[2]: Xandros...?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359832
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359832lets try it THEN judge it shall we?

In the past I have not been a xandros fan but thats not to say this release wont change my mind. After all I used to be a mandrake (then mandrivia) fan but that opinion changed long ago. I still try each new mandrake release in the hope it will renew my love of the distro, no luck yetWed, 22 Apr 2009 08:25:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Adurbe)CommentsRE: Xandros...?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359841
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359841I totally agree. The operating system they provided on the EEE was a total joke. It kinda worked, but was hardly ever updated at all.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:37:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Dryhte)CommentsRE: Sleep/Hibernatehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?359843
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359843Hibernate stands in RAM. I have 8 G of RAM on my workstation, and dumping it using a WD Raptor which kinda sustain 100M/s means that the hibernate can take at least 80 seconds.

But Vista boots in 40 seconds. On the same machine Ubuntu 9.04 RC boots in around 20 seconds.

Using a Samsung NC10 and because of Ubuntu 9.04 have rewrite so much the Intel Video drivers to not make Compiz to work I had put a Fedora 10 install. Boot time with full GNOME + Mono Desktop (mono startup adds to start time). Is 1 minute and 10 seconds! To hibernate 1 G of RAM it take around 30 seconds. Windows XP with regular programs it goes to around 1 minute and 30 seconds. But it has a lot of programs that make any boot up sluggish.

It is such a big deal? How much can you do in 1-2 mintutes? If I want a really instant book (without dual boot) I can use standby/suspend to RAM.

The matter of fact is that it took to me more to connect to internet than to boot. At least from the moment my Wifi card gets the DHCP till can use the net it pass more than 30 seconds. What will mean 1 second boot? (considering is not standby...) It will mean 31 seconds to go to net...Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:01:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (ciplogic)CommentsCoffee?!?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359848
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359848Does everybody but me drink coffee around here??Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:33:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (mpxlbs)CommentsRE: Coffee?!?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359853
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359853I hardly drink anything else (ok that's not true, lots of alcohol as well)

Kidding aside, I often (!) feel the need to _really quickly_ consult the internet for a question that pops into my head, and in those moments that an instant-on OS would come in very handy.

Now my current Lenovo Thinkpad has the first reliable case of laptop standby/resume (under XP, even!) I've ever seen (though it never was a problem in any of my self-built desktops). Still, it takes like 6 seconds to resume from standby (including, of course, the login screen & reading my finger print).Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:15:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Dryhte)CommentsI wasn't impressed....http://www.osnews.com/thread?359855
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359855I beta tested Presto a while ago. The boot times were impressive. The rest was just OK. It's kind of like Xfce4 minus the configurability. App installation is a little easier than, say, Ubuntu. It should be pretty good for netbooks, but I'd *much* prefer a regular Xfce4 desktop, like Xubuntu.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:36:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (darkwyrm)CommentsRE: Coffee?!?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359858
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359858Nope, I've never liked coffee and sure as hell never will! Ugh. Milk or Mountain Dew suffices for me :]

As for topic though..I do understand the wish to have a system that boots up fast, but waiting 1 minute (or usually less) for the system to boot up isn't really that horrible. I put my PC on standby if I am not using it for an hour or two, otherwise I'll just turn it off altogether.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:03:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (WereCatf)CommentsRE: Coffee?!?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359867
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359867I'm a tea person.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:58:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender)Comments...http://www.osnews.com/thread?359878
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359878Wtf is a "Xandros-based partition"? Another way to misuse the "based" suffix?Edited 2009-04-22 14:29 UTCWed, 22 Apr 2009 14:28:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (sj87)CommentsRE: Sleep/Hibernatehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?359896
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359896Completly agree .

On Linux I currently can't enjoy working "resume from disk" .On a modern multicore PC with GBs of RAM and Windows installed ,it should surely work by now .

The functionality has certainly been there for long enough .

To me it seems as if users still simply aren't used to the idea of suspending .

Well ,maybe Windows 7 will improve the situation Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:19:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (poohgee)CommentsRE[3]: Xandros...?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359903
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359903Well, I wouldn't be able to try it even if I wanted to, at least not so long as it's only provided as a Windows executable. I'm not installing Windows to try out a Linux distro... wow that is a weird thought. I can't help but feel there's something very weird about that, you need to install or already have installed Windows just to be able to install an alternative, much more limited, Linux distro? I'm sure MS would love that, but to me that just seems very wrong, somehow.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:23:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (darknexus)CommentsRE[4]: Xandros...?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359904
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359904Guys, this isn't *for* you and me. It's for Windows victims. And it could potentially make Linux ubiquitous in that quiet sort of way where the people don't even realize they are Linux users.

I'll likely never run it myself. But this is one of the more exciting developments I've seen in a while.

Windows folks *love* plunking down $19.95 for stuff that makes their PC faster/better/safer in some way. And if it comes pre-installed, that's all the better.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:35:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27)CommentsRE[4]: Sleep/Hibernatehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?359909
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359909

Even Win95 could do it, though you had to get very lucky in your hardware configuration for that to work.

Hehe ...

I had to be lucky in Win95 to get to a decent shutdown. Most of the time the system tanked and I just took the opportunity an did not reboot it.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:54:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (gustl)CommentsRE[5]: Xandros...?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359911
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359911Hadn't thought of it that way, but you have a good point. If this does get big, there will be a lot of people clammering for device x to work with it, which would mean that device x would need a Linux driver, which would be good for the rest of us... provided, of course, they don't find a way to tie it to Xandros or keep the driver private.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:03:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (darknexus)CommentsRE[3]: Xandros...?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359921
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359921Because if they can't maintain their existing crap, then why should I trust their new stuff?Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:45:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Kroc)CommentsRE: Coffee?!?http://www.osnews.com/thread?359990
http://www.osnews.com/thread?359990Never tried coffee myself. Apple Beer (100% alcohol free) is where it's at, though if it's morning, orange juice or apple juice are better. Mm, off topic, but I was happy to find another around these parts who didn't drink coffee. PS, how could I forget my favorite? Vitamin Water.Edited 2009-04-23 02:11 UTCThu, 23 Apr 2009 02:08:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (weildish)CommentsRE: Coffee?!?http://www.osnews.com/thread?360126
http://www.osnews.com/thread?360126I too drink coffee. I think I'm going to make some in a minute. I actually like coffee so much that I was wondering why somebody hasn't come out with a coffee-flavored breakfast cereal! It could turn your milk into a frappucino!